111 :: Après All This Fancy Footwork :: A Slow Drag with "White Knuckles"

05/09/2023 13 min
111 :: Après All This Fancy Footwork :: A Slow Drag with "White Knuckles"

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Today's slow drag is with "White Knuckles" from "Trust," released in 1981. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com Email: [email protected]   Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag   References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, "White Knuckles" https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=White_Knuckles "White Knuckles" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbZ6TkpflKc Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, "Wave a White Flag"  https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Wave_A_White_Flag "Wave a White Flag" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJwALX5riiU "I need him like the axe needs the turkey" saying from "The Lady Eve." https://melanienovak.com/2020/09/02/the-lady-eve-i-need-him-like-the-axe-needs-the-turkey/ Purchase "The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday" Listen to the audiobook for free at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y   "White Knuckles" Lyrics: White knuckles came down to put the frighteners on I believe she's the one that he's got his heart set on It doesn't matter if your face doesn't fit There's no charge for changing it   Oooh ooh What are you doing You see right through him You don't have to take it when he gets cruel   White knuckles on black and blue skin You don't have to take it so you just give in White knuckles sweatin' on the headboard Never found out what the kisser was for   Losing face with the boys while she's whispering in his ear They never found out why they called it laughing gear Maybe they weren't loved when they were young Maybe they should be hung by their tongues   Oooh ooh Under the blankets with the body jerk He needs her like the axe needs the turkey Thinking of après of this fancy footwork   White knuckles on black and blue skin Didn't mean to hit her but she kept laughing White knuckles sweatin' on the headboard Never found out what the kisser was for   There's always someone new to toy with when the penny drops in the slot Now it's a petty crime on the news at nine But it's all she's got Love on the never never dreams don't come cheap I don't close my eyes when I go to sleep   Oooh ooh It gets right under your skin It makes you as miserable as sin You don't have to take it so you just give in   White knuckles on black and blue skin Didn't mean to hit her but she kept laughing White knuckles sweatin' on the headboard Never found out what the kisser was for   White knuckles on black and blue skin You don't have to take it so you just give in White knuckles sweatin' on the headboard Never found out what the kisser was for   Why you don't come round anymore Mother said He's using you Sister said I told you so too When he goes to your head You took it to be true

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